Saturday, May 02, 2009 12:20:33 PM Location: Georgetown The boat position was not recorded. This weather observation was taken on Saturday, May 02, 2009 12:02:43 PM local time. Observation location: Georgetown. Observation position was not recorded. The air temperature is 80, and water temperature is 0 degrees fahrenheit. The forecast is Sunny. The current weather is dry. The sky is clear or a few clouds. The wind is 7 knots from the east. The visibility is 12 nautical miles. The wave height is 0 feet with 0 foot swells. The barometer is 1024 millibars and steady. Last night I had a gourmet dinner on board Kaieta with Ann and Dennis and the two other sailboats. One sailboat was from Spain and the other Quebec. Kaieta is from Michigan. Ann put on a full spread and I was ready after eating my own "cooking" for a long time. I took Nicholas into the beach first thing this morning and he had a ball. He gets to run free and he loves it. I think it is his favorite activity by far. Of course he gets covered in sand and saltwater, but he has so much fun I can't stop him. I hose him down in the cockpit when we get back to the boat. Then, after the nets and breakfast, I headed into town. While this is one of the biggest towns in the Bahamas, I would still classify it as a frontier town. There were very few natives about and the cruisers outnumbered them by about 3 to 1. It was odd being in a grocery store stocked exclusively with US products, from Dole lettuce to Taco Bell salsa. Very strange and a world apart from the open market in Samana. The people here are nice and it is a beautiful setting. Very much like a super sized San Blas without any palm trees. But, for me, I could not see staying here for a season. This is a cruise boat culture only. I wonder what Nassau is like? That said, the place is set up very nicely for cruise boats and people. We are anchored on the east side of the bay under the shelter of Stocking Island. The beach is white sand with posts for tying your dinghy to. It has a beach bar and volley ball courts. Further in there is supposed to be a nice restaurant and bar. I'll explore that tomorrow. The town has a dinghy dock right behind the grocery store and offers free water. So far the water has only developed about a 1 ft wind chop and no swell. It is comfortable for sure. This morning 16 boats left, mostly toward the states. We have a nice wide weather window and tomorrow more are leaving. Two of the trawlers near me left this morning. In any case, Nicholas and I will hang around here for a week or two and then head up toward Nassau. It looks like Chris and Bennett will be flying in there the weekend of the 30th and we will be making a direct passage to Brunswick the following week. Life is good. David Powered by BoatExec http://www.BoatExec.com